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i'd like to make a toasted cotton bar hope you live a long and happy life here's the titan part
[Music] jessica a little big girl i always said when i was younger you know god will be just
like my parents there's my son jordan how old are you jordan i want to be married young and have kids and well-off
just totally in love with my partner just like them all right ladies and gentlemen it's my
understanding you've reached a verdict is that correct yes your honor did it ever occur to you that your dad would be
blamed for the death of your mother mr kendammer if you please rise absolutely not me the jury find the defendant todd
a kendhammer guilty a first degree intentional homicide is charged in the information husbands kill
their wives all the time husbands kill our wives where only they know the motive
every day but it happens all [Music] 806 am on a friday morning car accident yes a place or something
came through a windshield he reported that there was an accident where a truck lost the pipe and it hit his wife
and he needed help she stopped breaking out her northern mouth he tried to do cpr while she bled all over
you're doing great i think he was just frantic [Music] this is the driver this is todd i gotta see if she's okay
well just wait let them do their work okay the only thing he really cared about was what's happening to barbara
and when can i see her she don't like to be alone no i wonder what [Music] the injuries on barbara did not occur by
a pipe coming through the windshield do you believe that todd kendhammer murdered his wife yes
and they exhaustively searched for a motive in this case no infidelity no financial trouble no life insurance no
domestic violence history no argument history do i know why he did it all i don't i
know it didn't happen from a pipe coming off a truck because there was no truck and none of his story is true
what are we looking at here here's the area where the pipe went through the windshield you can tell standing right
next to it it's pretty easy to take a pipe and hit it just like that it only makes
sense one way is that he caused her injuries caused her death and tried to cover it up
there was a sensational narrative the way the state wanted to present it a man kills his wife stages an accident
the jury was given a very narrow view of what really happened and what the evidence really showed
[Music] what do you want people to know about your father that he's not a bad person
he didn't do this and he deserves to come home do you think that todd kendhammer got a
fair trial no i don't all right if this could happen to todd kendhammer it could happen to anybody
[Music] you

Todd Kendhammer says his wife was killed in an accident -- a pipe flew off a truck and crashed into their car. Authorities say the scene was staged. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports Saturday, September 3 at 9/8c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

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Brief Summary

Todd Kendhammer is convicted of murdering his wife, but evidence suggests he is innocent and was wrongfully tried.

Key points

Todd Kendhammer's Trial. Todd Kendhammer is found guilty of first-degree intentional homicide in a controversial case.
Accident or Murder?. Conflicting evidence raises questions about the true cause of Barbara's injuries.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

Husbands kill their wives where only they know the motive.

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